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| preceded3=George M. Lester
| preceded3=George M. Lester
| succeeded3=Thomas D. Gilmore
| succeeded3=Thomas D. Gilmore
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| birth_date=September 27, 1863
| birth_date=September 27, 1863
| birth_place=Fairview Plantation, West Feliciana Parish<br>[[[Louisiana]], USA
| birth_place=Fairview Plantation, West Feliciana Parish<br>[[[Louisiana]], USA
Feltus Barrow Folkes<br>
Feltus Barrow Folkes<br>
Lawrence Folkes
Lawrence Folkes
| parents=Advill and Elizabeth Raeborn Folkes
| parents=Advill Atkins and Elizabeth Raeborn Folkes
| footnotes=
| footnotes=
}}
}}
'''Cheston Folkes''' (September 27, 1863 – June 9, 1941) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native West Feliciana Parish, [[Louisiana]]. During the period of one-party rule, he was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
'''Cheston Folkes''' (September 27, 1863 – June 9, 1941) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native West Feliciana Parish, [[Louisiana]]. During the period of one-party rule, he was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
Born on the Fairview Plantation, his father was Adville Atkins Folkes (1820-1975). His mother, the former Elizabeth Raeborn , died in 1868, when Cheston was five years of age. A [[farmer]] by occupation, Folkes served on the West Feliciana Parish School Board from 1904 to 1908, when he was elected as state representative for West Feliciana Parish. At the time each Louisiana parish had at least one representative in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Folkes was representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940. In 1887, he married the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). One of their sons, Warren Davis Folkes (1898-1997), was a representative too, from 1944 to 1955, after which he moved up to the state Senate, where he remained until 1968. <ref name=bio/>
Born on the Fairview Plantation, his father was Adville Atkins Folkes (1820-1975). His mother, the former Elizabeth Raeborn, died in 1868, when Cheston was five years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832498|title=Cheston Folkes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> A [[farmer]] by occupation, Folkes served on the West Feliciana Parish School Board from 1904 to 1908, when he was elected as state representative for West Feliciana Parish. At the time each Louisiana parish had at least one representative in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Folkes was representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940.<ref name=bio/> In 1887, he married the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832498|title=Jessie Davis Folkes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> One of their sons, Warren Davis Folkes (1898-1997), was a representative too, from 1944 to 1955, after which he moved up to the state Senate, where he remained until 1968.<ref name=bio/>
Cheston, Jessie, Warren, Adville, and Elizabeth Folkes are interred at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville, the seat of government for West Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Folkes, Cheston" in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
Cheston, Jessie, Warren, Adville, and Elizabeth Folkes are interred at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville, the seat of government for West Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Folkes, Cheston" in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>